The Story of England by Robert Manning of Brunne, A.D. 1338. Edited from mss. at Lambeth Palace and the Inner Temple, by Frederick J. Furnivall |
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Of þat bode þe kyng was paied,
His wendyng was nought delayed;
Night & day made hym redy;
Ten þousand he hadde til his nauy,
What of hise owen, & of ffrendes
Þat kyng Salamon wiþ hym sendes.
When Cadwalyn was al ȝare,
Til he was forþe, gret was his care;
At Totenesse he gan vp ryue;
Glad was þe folk he was on lyue;
& gret sorewe made þe kyng Edwyn
Þat slayn was so þe clerk Pēllyn.
His wendyng was nought delayed;
Night & day made hym redy;
Ten þousand he hadde til his nauy,
What of hise owen, & of ffrendes
Þat kyng Salamon wiþ hym sendes.
When Cadwalyn was al ȝare,
Til he was forþe, gret was his care;
At Totenesse he gan vp ryue;
Glad was þe folk he was on lyue;
& gret sorewe made þe kyng Edwyn
Þat slayn was so þe clerk Pēllyn.
Penda, þe kyng of Lyndeseye,
How Bryan dide, he herde wel seye;
Gret force of folk Penda dide fet,
Cadwalyn for to wyþ-set.
Oxenforde he byseged aboute,
But Brian heldym wel wyþoute.
When Cadwalyn was ryued on lande,
Til hym cam ful smert tydande
‘Þat an Englische kyng Penda
‘Byseged Bryan, & was his fa.’
Cadwalyn was al an-ired;
To rescowe Brian he desired;
Als faste as he mighte, he hasted;
Iornes to make, folk he tasted;
& when he was þe toun ought ney,
He bad þem reste þat were wery:
“Rest ȝou now for ȝoure trauaille;
“Þe smertloker ȝe may assaille.”
Þe folk of Oxenforde were glade
Of þe ioye þat Brian made;
Gret ioie þer was, he was so ner,
& more of his grete power.
How Bryan dide, he herde wel seye;
Gret force of folk Penda dide fet,
Cadwalyn for to wyþ-set.
Oxenforde he byseged aboute,
But Brian heldym wel wyþoute.
When Cadwalyn was ryued on lande,
Til hym cam ful smert tydande
‘Þat an Englische kyng Penda
‘Byseged Bryan, & was his fa.’
Cadwalyn was al an-ired;
To rescowe Brian he desired;
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Iornes to make, folk he tasted;
& when he was þe toun ought ney,
He bad þem reste þat were wery:
“Rest ȝou now for ȝoure trauaille;
“Þe smertloker ȝe may assaille.”
Þe folk of Oxenforde were glade
Of þe ioye þat Brian made;
Gret ioie þer was, he was so ner,
& more of his grete power.
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